1932 Press Photo Alfred Holman, father of missing Libby Holman, Torch Singer

Libby Holman (May 23, 1904 " June 18, 1971) was an American torch singer and stage actress who also achieved notoriety for her complex and unconventional personal life. In 1932, during a 21st birthday party Reynolds gave at Reynolda for his friend and flying buddy Charles Gideon Hill, Jr., a first cousin to Reynolds's first wife Anne Ludlow Cannon Reynolds, Holman revealed to her husband that she was pregnant. A tense argument ensued. Moments later, a shot was heard. Friends discovered Reynolds bleeding and unconscious with a gunshot wound to the head. Authorities initially ruled the shooting a suicide, but a coroner's inquiry ruled it a murder. Holman and Albert Bailey "Ab" Walker, a friend of Reynolds and a supposed lover of Holman, were indicted for murder.

Photo is dated 1932.

Photo measures 8 x 6 inches.